Wedding cake takes center stage in the traditional cake cutting ceremony. If you’re interested in a specialty cake designer, get on their schedule ASAP. They only make a limited number of cakes in a week, and they won’t bake ahead and freeze cakes. However, the commercial bakers create more cakes per week and freeze them ahead of time, so they can be booked later in your vendor booking process.

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Ideal Booking: 4 - 6 months

This is when things start getting more intense and details become more important. Most of these vendors are equipped to handle several events in a weekend. Start working with these vendors four to six months before the wedding date.